Amy and all, Yes, that is precisely the method I use to configure the connection. The connection gets added to the connection configuration database successfully. The username and password are only required when you actually establish the connection, so the log-on list doesn't come up until you are actually connecting for the first time.
Amy, have you successfully connected to a campus network that requires a username and a password? Cheers, Grant On 03/22/2012, Amy McGarrah <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Grant, > I also have a BrailleNote Apex which I take with me on campus and > I haven't had this problem, however, in the connectivity menu > there is something that says scan for wireless networks, try > searching through that to find your campus's network and then > putting in your username and password. See if that makes a > difference. > Amy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Grant Hardy <[email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date sent: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:07:28 -0700 > Subject: [Braillenote] Trouble connecting to my campus' WI-FI > network on theBrailleNote Apex > > Hello all, > > I have never been able to connect to my university's wireless > network > on the BrailleNote Apex. The network uses WPA2 and a Radius > server to > secure the network. Technical jargon aside, this means that > whenever > you try to establish a connection to the network, you have to > enter a > username and password. On a PC, an authentication dialog box > would > come up. You'd type your username, press TAB, type in your > password, > then press ENTER to establish the connection. > > Well, on the Apex, the prompt does come up for a username, and > the > help advises, "type your username, then press enter." However, > there > is no prompt to enter a password. If, at the username prompt, > you back > up a step, you're prompted for a domain, which we don't use, so > it's > safe to leave that blank. However, after the username you reach > the > end of the list. Upon pressing SPACE with E to exit the list, > the > machine tries to establish the connection, but of course it can't > because it never prompted for a password. This means that the > username > prompt repeatedly reappears until I exit out several times, at > which > point the connection is never established. > > Does anyone have any ideas? > > Thanks, > > Grant > > ___ > Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. > If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a > copy to the list as well. > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [email protected] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [email protected] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
